Episode 134: Drone Sweaters

This week Dave and Gunnar talk about holding your TV for ransom, unwitting cryptocurrency miners, writing email with military precision.

• 2017 FIRST Robotics Competition STEAMWORKS Game Animation
• 1Password
• HealthKit
• Hacker’s Company Handing Out Code That Can Turn Any Car Into A Self-Driving Vehicle
• New Scheme: Spread Popcorn Time Ransomware, get chance of free Decryption Key
• Android Ransomware Infects LG Smart TV
  • Almost related: LG's latest audio product is a speaker you wear around your neck



• You Could Be Mining This Cryptocurrency Without Knowing It


• From September: Malware Infects 70% of Seagate Central NAS Drives, Earns $86,400


• L.A. County targeted in phishing cyberattack; private information of 750,000 people compromised
  • Turn on 2FA (tell your friends)



• “Secure the News” Grades Media Sites on HTTPS—And Most Fail

• How to Write Email with Military Precision
  • @TheDuckTalks says: I have a friend who inspired others to use it. The Navy has many examples of it; here's the Army's take

Cutting Room Floor

• Scammers Ran A Fake U.S. Embassy In Ghana For A Decade Before Being Shut Down
• Blade Runner Gets Re-Created, Shot for Shot, Using Only Microsoft Paint
• Getting WAY Too Excited About Computers: Open-Mouthed Wonderment in 80s Tech Adverts
• This Prohibition-Era Alarm Was For Catching No-Good Soda Pop Thieves
• Get Deliciously Crafty With a Cheese-Filled Hot Glue Gun
• A slow Atari 2600 emulator is now inside Minecraft—and it’s pretty cool
• Science fiction vintage Japanese matchbox art mashup prints
• For the cybersecurity person who has everything: Stuxnet in scarf form
• A keyboard with a keyboard: Creative Prodikeys combined both types of keyboard in one
• Piggybacking Robots: Overtrust in Human-robot Security Dynamics
• Drone Sweaters
• Paper Airplane Machine Gun

We Give Thanks

• @TheDuckTalks for helping us be better communicators!